Posts by Uncle Slacky

I have 5 Macs of various vintages, never paid Apple anything and never paid more than about €25 for any of them. The latest one is a 2012 MBP unibody that I got for free, just had to add my own (spare) SSD and memory.

Re: iMacs...

Some of the old SCSI drives needed a whack if they hadn't been used for a while (my IIsi had this problem), apparently the lubricant on the spindle would seize up and need a whack to free the disk.

Re: Loneliest place

You'll get 2 to 5 years in chokey if you don't hand over your encryption keys when requested:

"Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 part III (RIPA 3) gives the UK power to authorities to compel the disclosure of encryption keys or decryption of encrypted data by way of a Section 49 Notice. A suspect instructed to disclose keys can be prevented from telling anyone else about it, outside of their legal representative. Refusal to comply can result in a maximum sentence of two years imprisonment, or five years in cases involving national security or child indecency."

https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Powers_Act_2000/Part_III

Re: four decades on ...

> Sadly not officially free: WordStar

There is WordTsar: http://wordtsar.ca/

> the domain owner was indeed Powergen

Snopes says that Powergen Italia does exist as a company, but they're unrelated to the British one:

"The powergenitalia.com domain apparently hosts the web site of a real Italian company (Powergen Italia) which sells specialized battery products."

Re: Wasted Talent.

She already knows all about hacking and breaking the law, after all:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/09/bafflement-over-tory-mps-admission-she-hacked-harriet-harmans-website

Re: Surrender the domain names

Obligatory IT Crowd piracy ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYOlNRYikBw

Re: Kids nowadays ... Sigh!

Now modernised as WordTsar: http://wordtsar.ca/

Re: the DC-8 was a product of the McDonnell-Douglas Corporation.

South Park summarised it well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU2EUfinwHo

Re: Was that sheep (singular) or sheep (plural)?

Is bork.bork.bork in Sweden?

Re: Debian package ?

If you want the Moksha fork rather than mainline Enlightenment, there are instructions for Debian here (may need updating for Bookworm though):

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2454611-installing-moksha-desktop-on-debian-jessie

It'll have no problem running a current Linux distro, though.

Re: The true test will

Except he can't pardon himself from offences against a state, and in Georgia, not even the governor can pardon him.

Re: John Bull presents Little Englander Nuclear

Or the unofficial national slogan: "Britain: it's a bit crap".

Re: Alien UFOs

Million-to-one chance of that, if you ask me...

Or Max Headroom?

Re: The best

MX Linux, it still has 32-bit spins and you can install Cinnamon, MATE etc. easily if you want (it's XFCE by default). Alternatively, Peppermint OS (which bears a passing resemblance to Mint) also offers 32-bit versions, based on Debian or Devuan.

Re: Learning the hard way

My fave:

“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” - Warren Buffett

Re: What about

Many Debian- and Slackware-based distros still offer a 32-bit version. There's also Void.